Improved pack-saddle



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JACOB DUNTON, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

IM PROVED PAC K-SADDLE.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 37,844, dated March 3, 1863.

.To all whom, if may concern:

Be it known that I, J Aeon DUNToN, of the city and county of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful back-saddle or devicefor securing and supporting burdens on the backs of animals; and I do hereby declare the following to oe a full and exact description of the same, reference bcinghad to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, in Which- Figure l is a top view illustrating my invention. Fig. 2 is a transverse section at a: x, Fig. 1. Figz is acentrallongitudinal section.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several views.

My present invention consists in the application of a suspension-beam to a saddle in manner hereinafter explained.

In order that others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains may be enabled to fully understand and use the same, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

A represents a saddle of any suitable construction. B B are standards rising therefrom to a suitable height, and C a bar pivoted in the said standard. Dis a beam passing transversely through the bar O and secured ad j ustably therein by means of a clampscrew, E, so that the said beam may be made to project to any distance on either side. lIhe burdens to be conveyed, beingsuspended from the respective ends of the beam D, may by means of this adjustment be balanced, not- Withstandin g their unequal Weight, or the upper edge of the beam may be notched, as clearly shown in Fig. 3, so as to shift the point of suspension in or out thereon, and in this Way the shifting of the beam itself may be dispensed with.

I do not limit myself to either or any mode of adjustment, and in some cases shall dispense with the adjustment entirely.

In the present illustration, F may represent a stretcher for carrying a disabled man in places Where an ambulance cannot be used. G may represent a case for containing any article-Which is to be transported. The said stretcher and case are suspended from the respective ends of the beam D, by means of cords H passing through rings I, adapted to slide in or out on the beam and rest in either ot' thenotches therein. Stay-cords JJ may be passed from any suitable part of the saddle to the inner and outer sides of the stretcher to steady and secure it. A pivoted beam, such as above described, but Without the adjusting device, may in like manner be` used upon a cart-saddle to adapt itself to the rocking of the horse, and thus avoid the constant rubbing ofthe back-band now usually employed. Where the object is merely the balancing of Weights ou the respective sides, the pivoting of the beam may be entirely dispensed with if preferred.

Having thus described my invention and a Way of carrying it into effect, I wish it distinctly understood that I do not confine myself to the specific details herein laid down 5 but What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The application of a pivoted beam to a bearing-saddle, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. A pack-saddle provided With a beam or beams, constructed substantially as described and adapted for the suspension of burdens from adjustable points, in the manner and for the purposes herein set forth.

' JACOB DUNTON.

Witnesses:

IsAAc DUNToN, FREDK. A. VAN ULEvE. 

